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That Portal 64 demake we liked so much has been kiboshed by Valve: 'They have asked me to take the project down,' creator says (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 7 months ago by billothekid2@kbin.social to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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Honestly, a bit surprised by this. It wasn't even on Steam. Hopefully switching to an open source SDK will get this back up.

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[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 126 points 7 months ago

"Hey, don't use code for our dead game console we stopped manufacturing 22 years ago and don't support anymore!"

Who gives a fuck, Nintendo?

[-] verysoft@kbin.social 55 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Nintendo could benefit greatly by just allowing these kind of projects, but that would be out of character and we can't be having that.

[-] scottywh@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

It's a bit like if Metallica had just embraced Napster

[-] abfarid@startrek.website 1 points 7 months ago

It was Scorpions that went after Napster, no?

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[-] dezmd@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Lars Ultrash was the most publicly outspoken and often quoted in the Record Companies PR propaganda push for the DMCA and against Napster. He came off like a greedy bitch at the time, and created the perceptions of Metallica as a cash grab sell out band more than they already were being seen as by long time fans.

[-] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It wasn't Nintendo, it was Valve taking preemptive action because of how Nintendo has acted in the past...

It's unfortunate, but it's pretty reasonable given how Nintendo is.

[-] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

Wasn’t it taken down at Valve’s request, not Nintendo’s demand?

[-] SeedyOne@lemmy.ca 38 points 7 months ago

Yes, but mainly because Valve doesn't want to deal with Nintendo's lawyers since it used their libraries.

[-] Water1053@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

I really wish they would and set a precedent for Nintendo's anti-consumer tactics.

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago

Officially yes. We have no idea if Nintendo sent a private email saying "please figure this out before we do."

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